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This week Joe is joined by two dynamic businessmen that happen to be related: Bill Curtis, the Founder & CEO of CurtCo Media, a new podcast network dedicated to creating, distributing and hosting inspirational content…and his son Daniel Curtis, the Founder & CEO of Vices, a luxury subscription box business that connects luxury brands and luxury consumers.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and since cyber-attacks have shown that no one is safe, this week Joe is joined by Mathieu Gorge, a security management expert and founder of VigiTrust. Mathieu talks about his upcoming book, "The Cyber-Elephant in the Boardroom", the security issues that companies face today and if smart home devices really are safe.

How has the music industry handled the pandemic? This week, Joe talks to Josh Simons, the founder of Vampr, which has been called the "LinkedIn for creatives”. Josh talks to Joe about how the music industry has evolved in the past 20 years and how Vampr is connecting musicians and creatives around the world.

Our inbox is full of press releases and pitches, but every once in a while one of them catches our eye. The release announced the launch of a new application that one day will be as commonplace on your cellphone’s screen as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Uber. It is called Grata, and this week Joe is joined by the company's founder and CEO, Mark Bunting, who explains how it all works.

Joining Joe this week is the owner of spirits brand, Savage & Cooke, Dave Phinney. The wine, beer and industry is incredibly lucrative, for example recently, European beverage company Diageo acquired Ryan Reynolds' Aviation American Gin for an estimated $610 million. Dave and Joe talk about the current state of the wine and spirits industry, and how it has changed since Dave got in the business 20 years ago.

This may come as a surprise, but the U.S. health care system is incredibly flawed. But what if we were able to improve patient access, reduce costs, and shorten patient waiting times? Joining Joe this week are two men who have done that: Mohan Giridharadas and Sanjeev Agrawal, senior executives at LeanTaaS, a company that believes that advanced data science can solve tough operational problems in healthcare.

Would you believe that a conservative wrote a book that was pro clean energy? It's not fake news. This week, Joe talks to Steve Melink, the founder and CEO of Melink Corporation, and the author of the upcoming book "Fusion Capitalism".

This week's featured guest is the CEO of Samasource, Wendy Gonzalez. Samasource is a remarkable company that finds tech jobs for the world's poorest people. Their employees have worked under contracts with companies like Microsoft, Google, and Walmart.

Joining Joe is an entrepreneur who is living the American Dream: Tim T. Mercer, the Managing Partner of Intelibox and the author of the upcoming book and podcast titled “Bootstrapped Millionaire.” Tim talks to Joe about his journey from growing up in one of the poorest parts of the United States to running his own million dollar business.

Joining Joe this week is Bill Lyons, the Chairman and CEO of Lyons HR and the author of the upcoming book, “We Are HR: The Small Business Owners Definitive Guide to Professional Employer Organizations”.